Example sentences for: opportune

How can you use “opportune” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • This example of “book graffiti” is presented here because it is an excellent example of the use of Chicano Spanish influenced by caló and used at an opportune moment:

  • Over the longer term the creation of the new Department may also be an opportune time to review the account structure of the Department's component entities.

  • If the pols overrule the generals and the mission goes sour, the generals are safe, on-the-record with sensible objections that can be leaked at an opportune moment (as with Kosovo).

  • Cynics cite the opportune timing of coloreds' rediscovered blackness now that the black-majority government has instituted policies helping those who faired worst under apartheid.

  • (Union advocates give Carey special credit for picking an opportune moment to strike: The booming economy means that UPS is losing $35 million a day during the strike, and the tight labor market will make it difficult for the company to find replacement workers.)


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